I’ve been fairly busy lately, not busy enough not to watch TED, but busy enough not to have time to be able to write about it.  So here’s a quick little TED talk, only three minutes, but a very effective three minutes. The only reason this talk is so powerful in such a short amount …

Overview Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how. My Thoughts First off, I’m surprised that a woman gave this speech in an …

So I’ve been a fan of Rives ever since I first saw him on Def Poetry 4 years ago and I was very glad to see he gave a “speech” at TED.  Rives is often very humorous, his combination of content and style create a truly unique performance. I remember a particularly meaningful episode of …